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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;svessien, post: 7287632, member: 15481&quot;]Here’s a penny with a helmet on top of the head of Knut den Mektige, or Canute the Great (or «mighty», rather), King of England 1016-35, King of Denmark 1018-35 and «Overlord» of Norway 1028-35:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1275993[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This pointed helmet doesn’t resemble the Probus style helmet, though. But I guess good old Knut couldn’t go without a helmet penny when the lesser Aethelred had one<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Looking at the other penny types of Aethelred, I suppose they may have been inspired by 3rd/4th century Roman coins too:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1275998[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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